Desmond Dekker - Israelites

^AGet up in the morning slaving for bread, sir ^ASo that every mouth can be fed ^DPoor ^Eme ^AIsraelites ^{F G}

^AGet up in the morning slaving for bread, sir ^ASo that every mouth can be fed ^DPoor ^Eme ^AIsraelites ^{F G}

^AMy wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me ^ADarlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen" ^DPoor ^Eme ^AIsraelites ^{F G}

^AShirt dem a tear-up trousers a go ^AI don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde ^DPoor ^Eme ^AIsraelites ^{F G}

^AAfter a storm there must be a calm ^AYou catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm ^DPoor ^Eme ^AIsraelites ^{F G}

^AI said, "I get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir ^ASo that every mouth can be fed" ^DPoor ^Eme ^AIsraelites ^{F G}

^AMy wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me ^ADarlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen" ^DPoor ^Eme ^AIsraelites ^{F G}

^ALook, shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go ^AI don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde ^DPoor ^Eme ^AIsraelites ^{F G}

^AAfter a storm there must be a calm ^AYou catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm ^DPoor ^Eme ^AIsraelites ^{F G}

^DA-poor, a-poor, ^Ea-poor, a-poor me ^AIsraelites ^A7Ima wondering working for hard ^DA-poor, a-poor, ^Ea-poor, a-poor me ^AIsraelites ^A7I look a-down and out, sir ^DA-poor, a-poor, ^Ea-poor, a-poor me ^AIsraelites